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Robert T. Wilson, Jr. v. Charles Randall Watts, et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Alabama, No. SC-2025-0032 · judgment October 10, 2025


Certiorari denied · October 5, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Questions presented

  1. Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permits a state supreme court to affirm, without opinion or constitutional analysis, a punitive damages award challenged as grossly excessive under BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore, 517 U.S. 559 (1996), State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Campbell, 538 U.S. 408 (2003), and Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc., 532 U.S. 424 (2001).

  2. Whether due process is violated where a substantial punitive damages award is imposed after trial proceedings infected by the denial of meaningful judicial review, including the refusal to rule substantively on motions for judgment as a matter of law, remittitur, and new trial raising federal constitutional objections.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert T. Wilson Jr.

For respondent
Douglas Joseph Centeno
Benton, Centeno & Morris, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 05 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 08 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  3. Jun 22 2026
    Brief of respondent Mark E. Wilson in opposition filed.
  4. Jan 08 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 22, 2026)